Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 2025

About

On Steam, 38% of 4,485 player reviews are positive (Mostly Negative). The main story takes about 9 hours.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is a first-person shooter set in 2035, co-developed by Treyarch and Raven Software. The game features three main modes: a cooperative campaign playable with up to four players or solo, multiplayer with 6v6 and 20v20 modes, and the round-based Zombies mode. Multiplayer features a perk system split into combat specialties, weapon prestige progression, and scorestreak rewards.

Story

In 2035, ten years after JSOC Commander David Mason stopped terrorist leader Raul Menendez, a video surfaces showing Menendez threatening new attacks. David and his unit, Specter One, are deployed to the Mediterranean city-state of Avalon to investigate "the Guild," a tech conglomerate led by CEO Emma Kagan that claims to be protecting humanity. After infiltrating a laboratory, Specter One is exposed to a hallucinogenic toxin called the Cradle, causing the team to experience shared visions drawn from their personal traumas. The team uncovers that the Menendez video was a deepfake created by the Guild, and that Kagan intends to weaponize the Cradle to cause widespread terror while positioning her company as humanity's savior. Specter One destroys the Guild's manufacturing complex and captures Kagan, before pursuing her remaining operatives who attempt to unleash the toxin once more.

What is happening now

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is a multiplayer-focused shooter that launched in November 2025 across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. The game's live service continues to expand with regular seasonal updates. Season 5 went live on July 23, introducing new multiplayer maps, weapons including the FG42 and Gremlin, and a conclusion to the Zombies storyline. The season also brought three matchmaking system options for players to choose from, alongside a redesigned Battle Pass featuring the Spectre operator and BlackCell cosmetics. Anti-cheat efforts intensified with expanded Ricochet coverage targeting exploits in Ranked modes, following over 263,000 bans earlier in the year. Competitive play saw OpTic Gaming claim victory at the Esports World Cup, while the community continues discussing weapon balance changes and optimal loadout configurations heading into what's described as the penultimate season before the game's final content cycle.